Biography

Mesnard earned his Bachelor's degree in Music Composition from Arizona State University in 2002, his M.A. in Business from the University of Phoenix in 2006, and his M.A. in Public Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management the same year. His professional experience includes working as a policy advisor for the Arizona State Senate from 2002 to 2009, owner/partner of JPSB Dream Team Limited Liability Corporation since 2005, a member of the adjunct faculty for Mesa Community College since 2006, an employee of All Star Trans Limited Liability Corporation since 2008 as well, and a small business owner.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Mesnard served on the following committees:

Issues

Scorecards

Goldwater Institute

The Goldwater Institute releases its "Legislative Report Card" annually for all Arizona legislators. This report card tracks how legislators voted on key votes and assigns them a letter grade based on how closely their votes agree with the Institute's positions. The primary values emphasized in the ratings are whether votes expand or restrict liberty.[1]

2012

Mesnard received a score of 65 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of B according to the Goldwater Institute’s grading scale. This score was 2 higher than his score on the 2011 report card. Mesnard’s 65 in 2012 was tied for the 16th highest grade among all 60 Arizona State Representatives.[1]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 21 Republican Primary (2010)

Candidates

Votes

Tom Forese (R)

12,253

J.D. Mesnard (R)

12,028

Venessa Whitener (R)

10,147

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Mesnard is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, Mesnard raised a total of $131,669 during that time period. This information was last updated on May 23, 2013.[6]